Souls-like multiplayer?

[Gloomy Rube]

I've been looking all over the internet for suggestions on souls-like multiplayer games, but everything is just souls-like gameplay, not so much the "lots of different fun ways to interact with each other's worlds" sorta things. Sooo, any suggestions?? (best if they're free or cheep cheep cheep)

[Jill]

there's a game called The Castle Doctrine that i love very much. it never got very popular and was even pretty dead for a time, but the latest reviews on Steam suggest it's no longer dead

the game differs from Souls games in that it's more of a roguelikey all-or-nothing affair. you either get robbed blind or die trying to rob someone else. there are a few exceptions where you get to keep a robber's tools if they leave without using them, and i think there's some mechanic where half your money is held by your wife and half is in your safe

it's also not like, active face-to-face multiplayer but more of a "build a house and watch how people attempt to rob it" type of thing, but it feels very souls-inspired regardless

e: it looks like the developer has just gotten back into trying to improve the game in the event of a shallow playerbase, and in doing so has attracted more players